Terry Sullivan (bowls)

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Terry Sullivan
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NationalityFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Born (1935-11-06) 6 November 1935 (age 86)
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ClubSwansea BC
Old Landorians BC

Terry Sullivan (born 6 November 1935) is a former Welsh indoor and outdoor bowler. He was a member of the Swansea bowls club. Sullivan became a Welsh international in 1980 and was Welsh National Indoor Champion in 1983. After winning the CIS UK Indoor singles at Preston in 1984 he achieved his greatest moment when winning the 1985 World Indoor Bowls Championship crown. [1]

Outdoors he won the 1990 pairs title at the Welsh National Bowls Championships with Stephen Rees. [2]

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References

  1. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls the Records. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  2. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. p. 184. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.